Vietnam Veterans recognised in Maitland and Cessnock 50 years after Long Tan

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Updated August 18 2016 - 8:27pm, first published 2:59pm
Pictures by Perry Duffin and Sage Swinton

In August 1966, 108 ANZAC soldiers stationed outside Long Tan fought off thousands of hostile Viet Cong in one of the first, and one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam war.  

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Perry Duffin

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Photojournalist for the Maitland Mercury

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